Friday, February 20, 2009

What's In My Inbox?????

What's a girl to do on a cold, cloudy day, while waiting for yet more snow? I couldn't think of a THING new to tell you about when I remembered that I had forgotten (funny sentence that) about my Gmail account and it was possible there were some missed Birthday wishes hanging about in there, and there just might be some cool attachments..

HA! Got it in one.

Time to play "What's in my Inbox"

You have probably seen this one, but I hadn't, Fiends meeting up in Ireland!

That's Marjorie on the left, and Louisa on the right. Unless it's the other way around. I am pretty sure that is Coraline in the middle. Did you guys blog this meeting?

Now for you fashionistas there, just LOOK what the cool kids are wearing down under (I will feel really silly if you have seen this one too!) From Sally, just thinking of my on my Birthday!

Some Freaky Venus art from Jess....Can we all say "AAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!"

And, uh, one I surely hadn't seen before, but it is clearly me and Hera, but when I was still doing red, and she was up doing concerts.....Gotta love it! From Miss Kitty, of course.

There you go. This has been another exciting Episode of "What's in my Inbox!" Stay tuned for next week when we play again!

(And uh, if you all send me weird things, I can have something to post....)

The shoes are just wrong, in that oh-so-right way. I would kill myself wearing them, though, because I am just that talented ;-)

And can I admit was that once I was done admiring you and Hera in the pictures, my eyes wandered a bit and I couldn't help but admire the view you must have had of her? (remember, my mind lives in the gutter *and* an I am an admirer of the lovely female form ;-)

Lovely game...what shall i hide in your inbox---i'll have to dig around to unearth something worthy.

Hubby is off to the land of Oz tonight. He'll be in Sydney through next week and then Philip Island for the Superbike race the next weekend. If you see him, say hello ;-)

So i'm a single mom for the next two weeks...at least that's gotten easier as the boy's gotten older. Now it just sort of flies by really. We have a visit to my parents this weekend and Wondercon next weekend...wheeee!

I'm bored. Everyone else is asleep, even though its the middle of the day. My eyes are a bit too bleary to read, although I have several books on the go. Nothing decent to watch on tv.Distract me Fiends, before I start poking the animals, just for something to do.

Up in the sky, a fragment of grandma's treasured diary floated with the other ash from the fires.Frantically, it asked each bit of ash it bumped into whether it was another fragment. None answered. Written on the fragment, in blue ink were the words "I am" on one side, and "whither" in black ink on the other side.The fragment traveled up, and down on the breeze until finally, it was caught in a downwind and fluttered to earth.By chance, the fragment landed in front of a young girl, whose on home had burnt down. She picked up the fragment, soothed it with gentle fingers and put it in between the leaves of her own diary, and part of grandma's story lived on.

I googlecated...this is the book3. On Your Potty!When Bartholomew, an appealing little bear, wakes up, big bear George wants him to use the potty. The little bear refuses, saying, “Nah!” louder and louder until George shouts, “On Your Potty!” When Bartholomew sits on the potty, nothing happens, so George sends him out to play. While playing, Bartholomew is reminded of George’s words and gets on the potty just in time. George rewards him with a big hug in this engaging picture book by Virginia Miller. (Candlewick Press, 1998.ISBN: 0763606944)

Back! We were just finding the right size books to prop up the back of the fridge so it stops rolling backward all the time. Our floor in the kitchen is really slope-y.In the process discovered that I have been hanging on to law text books that are 37 years old. Holy Bat shit. Admittedly, they were from the first year of my law degree and a few years old then, but it made me feel ancient.

louisa and marjorie - great pic, and the spike is cool cuz it is tall, and can you imagine selling the idea of it? like the stainless steel kidney bean (not its name, can't remember) by Anish Kapoor in chicago - i laugh when i think of him describing the concept to the alderman and chicago mayer....and Lorraine, the spoon is famous and the cherry is great, i've not seen it but it is in all the textbooks-one of my favorites by oldenburg. i want to climb it.

i cant contribute to wonderful stories inthemaking. i am too tired to even really read the comments, so if i am totally out of place, pls. forgive. quiche- we are in for major snow (lol just typed snot, which is probably closer to how i feel) so are you buried now? stay warm, take care!

Something quite Fiendish happened to me today. While driving around this afternoon I had this random thought that someone should enter the first line of a story here, then people could take turns adding to the story.

Then I get on the computer just now and read this particular set of comments.

Dude.

I am for sleep as well. Long week. Long day. Hoping for a quieter weekend. Wishing all y'all wellness and sleeping in.

Blue thoughts (the other kind) must be hampering my reading ability to day...

I have been curled up with cat...sunshine....Tramadol..and the occasional glass of wine. For some reason, the allergy medicine made my cramps (yes, I've managed to synch up as well...how lovely)MUCH WORSE...so stopped taking it.

Phiala What did you think of Nation? I read it shortly after it was published, and can't decide what I think. It's good, mind, and has that fine satirical edge of Sir Pterry's. But it leaves me a bit...unsettled, somehow.

Will have to catch up on comments later, ...off to do myriad things. Want to build a fire and huddle around it. Will do costumes instead.

Hello all. I am trying to get motivated to go out in the snow. You know the scene from Fargo when William H Macy's character is scraping ice and starts violently attacking his car window? Picture me doing that in about 1/2 and hour.

TTFN

Jess, love the painting!

Q, great picture of you and Hera.

Marjorie, thanks for posting the events we all wish we could attend. :)

Having a lazy Saturday more or less. Sun shining! Need to buy something for the monstress, who turns 4 this week.

Last night was a Winter Festival at the monster's school. Dancing, potluck, hay rides, hot chocolate, cross country skiing. Much fun. The monster chopped wood for an hour, at the fire pits. The monstress insisted that the draft horses pulling the hayride cart should be called ponies. :) You horse experts 'round here - she's really fascinated with horses, at such an early age. Something to encourage, but how?

I have been informed by my reliable source that either there's a box with markings at the weather service office for just such measurements, or they just stick a ruler in it.

I am tempted to make an observation about men and measuring (most of the weather service office people are male) but I will restrain myself.

The Stillwater CoC sent us a package on things to do while we're there. Husbeast has reiterated that he is going to *so* need a break by then, so we are still full steam ahead for our visit.

Very impressed by story, even if I would have been awake I probably would have just smiled and read, I'm not very creative when it comes to writing and storytelling. Give me some yarn, I'll show you some creativity ;-)

DG & Gayke, thank you - I've been enjoying writing it up, too (except the bits where I have to try to persaude Blogger / YouTube to upload the videos - I've come to the conclusion that neither of them likes me. . .)

I don't need to install anything related to Oblivion. It is rather efficiently installing itself in my mind, eradicating files. so much so that I am surprised that TP plays it too. Then again, that man is all about irony.

If you want to show support or just feel like a fly on the wall, today has been declared a National Day Of Mourning here, for the bushfire victims.A webcast of the service is available herehttp://tinyurl.com/d8hrqh. Starts in 10 minutes.Princess Anne is here (woot woot)

((hugs)) Sally. I'm zipping in and out, checking comments while standing in line. But I'm observing a moment of silence to honor those lost in the fires and their survivors. How wonderful that your country is making this a unifying experience and acknowledging lives lost and the grief that comes from that. ((hugs))

Sally--why didn't Princess Anne do a flower to the wreath? Because she's not actually Australian? Or is it only Victorians who are adding them? I've had to look at other items a few times, so didn't notice if anyone else had skipped that step......

The koala seems to have become a bit of a symbol of survival of the fires, and in this spirit I share a photo of one of my childhood toys, chewed on by dogs, a bit battered and falling apart but still loved.http://www.flickr.com/photos/10199143@N03/3299109998/

Okay, one last post before I'm out the door. oh, that music...and like Siri, I was singing along as well....one of those "at this moment, we are all Australians" things. I know firefighters came from all over the world, anyway... :)

ok; what's up? it's been so quiet in my inbox i figured Fab was still resting; my gmail reader didnt't show me any new posts! And not only have I missed two; but this one is at 178 comments!!! Love the shot of you & Hera; the torquoise is outstanding on you both! Venus is certainaly awwwwwww and those shoes are just... wrong! Alas; I have no weird things to send but can't wait to see what all our talented feinds come up with. Meantime; I'm off to Gmail reader to curse them and shake my fist!

Dan, I will think happy thoughts for you, as I think I am on your side in the Battle for World Domination, but should we be at all worried about WHAT you are certified in?

You don't have to tell us WHAT, just if we should , uh, worry.

It has been quiet tonight since everyone watched Australia Stacy.

I really want to do a new post still, just waiting for Not SO Small Girl the Amazing Maddy to call for her ride for her and her friends, then I shall take them where ever it is they go next, and THEN go shoot Bengals and Bug Glove...

Too true, I am getting tired tho, I really rode today. I am getting pretty good at this now, I can relax, and today I learned breathe while I rode, which improves thing immensely, as one might suspect.

And to change diagonals at a trot.

Which is fancy for if you circle around and change directions, you have to sit a beat, so you are on the right one.

Good Luck with the exam Dan.Just watched Dollhouse 1.02 as something completely different. I'm hooked.Stacy, I just have the blog live bookmarked and do the ticky box thing for the comments too.Looking forward to the new post Lorraine.

Grace, I think it will start a lot of healing. It gave me a chance to really cry, and get out some of what I'd been holding in....remnants of worry about my Mum, and Dad and Glad who were all close to being threatened at times. Sometimes I don't realise how much these things affect me.

I've noticed, Sally, that in times of crisis, you have to hold everything together, so you don't become part of the problem. What a blessing to have an event like this to help everyone mourn in a safe place.

More hugs and restful thoughts. I'm off to watch Dr. Who, and then to bed.

Night, Fiendom.

But, before I go, should we be concerned that we've not heard from the Teen Fetcher for a while? Scary things, Teen Girls....